MONTHLY DISTRICT MINUTES October 12, 2017 Meeting called to order at 6:30 by Kim A., DCM Open: Serenity Prayer Present: 15 groups were represented: Big Book No Smoke, Courage to Change, Daytime, Early Bird, Easy Does It, Free Spirit,, Live and Let Live, Lunch Bunch, New Beginnings for Women, Open Channel, Primary Purpose BB (Women), Radiance, Rule 62, Summit Fellowship Men s Meeting, Young Peoples. Secretary s Report: Jean. Secretary s Report approved. Treasurer s Report: Skip. Report was approved. Committee Reports: CFC: Tom. Meetings at the jail are going well. There are now 3-4 meetings a week on Monday and Wednesday. Volunteers are still needed. Anyone interested can go to NC23.org, download the application and submit it for authorization. 20 large print Big Books were put in the library recently. Tom said he is trying to find out why sometimes there are no books available when they should be. TFC: Jackie. Presented her job description to Kim as her position will be open for elections next month.
Daymark cancelled the Sunday meeting and added 2 Saturday meetings. High Point has taken 2 Saturday meetings. Daymark is also changing the length of stay. No longer 28 days, could be as long as 6 months. Behavioral Health is going good; however, some people neglect to let Jackie know when they cannot make a commitment. The Servant House is slow; and a meeting is still be taken to the Salvation Army every other week. CPC/PI: John. Reported that he and District 24 members manned the Triad Recovery for Health Fair on September 24. As a result of that Fair, he made contact with Terri Spears, Coordinator of the Spartan Recovery Program, a part of Student Health Services. He is in the process of restocking meeting schedules in all branches of the libraries. He purchased from Intergroup a 12 X12 Tradition tabletop easel display as well as 100 laminated wallet cards to reduce 2018 expenses. Grapevine subscription expense will also drop in 2018 by approximately $60.00 through lowering to 2 copies per month and not giving away a copy at the Education Series. He held a meeting on 9/28 with members of the counseling team at Veteran s Services and provided back copies of the Grapevine. They are already printing current meeting
schedules from the website. Additionally, he is waiting for a callback from NCDMV about literature placement, and David N. is attempting to get contact information from the driver education courses required for DUIs. Special Events: Candy. Absent. Kim asked GSRs return to their groups and announce the New Year s Eve Event which will be here before we know it. Volunteers are needed for all kinds of help: kitchen, decorating, set up, clean up, etc. Intergroup: Chuck said that all is going well. There is a large Thank You Card for Jim on display at the Intergroup Office to thank him for his years of service to the Intergroup. It will be there probably until the end of the month, and anyone can go to the office and sign it. Grapevine: Open Position. Website: Josh. Reported from Sam: September Views: 9,938; Visitors: 2,940. With regard to the upcoming changes in committee members he said that the Webmaster does not necessarily need to be a member of AA; however, the Website person should always be a member of AA. The pop-up is working. Special Needs: Sharon. Reported that recently she has been helping a 36 year member of AA who is in a wheelchair with rides to meetings. She asked GSRs to return to their home groups and see if anyone can volunteer. A car which can
accommodate the chair is a requirement. LCM: David. Kim said she and David have communicated about the dozen or so meetings where no contact has been made. She said she would bring a list of those meetings to the District meeting next month and ask for volunteers who attend those meetings to update the status sheet and return to her. Alt. DCM: Karen. With regard to the Workshops, the committee has voted to call them Buzz Sessions. They are changing the times for the winter months to beginning at 12:30 p.m. and ending at 3:00 p.m. Same second Saturday, same place. October s topic is GSR, and our Area Delegate, Kenneth, is coming from Wilmington to facilitate the meeting. Coming months topics include: November: Corrections; December, Grapevine Writing Workshop; January, Area Redistricting; February, 12 Concepts; March, Safety in AA. Karen asked the GSRs present to return to their home groups for feedback and any topics which they might like to have in the future. Karen requested two checks: $200 as a donation to Westminster Church; and $208 to cover mileage for Kenneth to come from Wilmington. Both were given to her. DCM Report: Kim. Fall Assembly will be 11/3-11/5 at the North Raleigh Hilton. Kim asked that all GSRs try to attend if only on Saturday when the business of the Area is conducted. For the Saturday night workshop from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Kim and Karen will be facilitating. The topic is: A Solution for All Generations.
District 23 will be hosting a workshop on Redistricting, January 13, 2018, from 9:30 to 12. Tom A. And John N are leading the discussion. Districts 24, 23, 22 & 33 (new D36) are the those included in this redistricting. Pre-Conference for middle North Carolina will be held on March 17, 2018 in Greensboro. We are hosting this event which involves 12 Districts. It will be held at Westminster Church., actual times to be determined, probably 12:00-4:00. Our District will be responsible for setting up and cleaning up and dismantling following the Precon. GSRs asked to return to their groups and ask for volunteers to help with this task. Food will be provided by the other Districts included in the Precon. Kim presented a handout of all job descriptions for the District. She asked GSRs to take this back to their home groups to consider standing for these positions at election time in November. Kim said she had a conversation with Sam, our Website manager. He has great interest in remaining in that position as long as we want him. She said Sam is considering moving to California, which would in no way affect him continuing in this job. Two discussions followed. The first regarding the Buzz Sessions (Workshops), and whether they are a separate entity or fall under Special Events. There were opinions on both sides. No real conclusion was reached, although most
agreed that they are a separate entity with a separate budget. The second discussion was regarding LCMs and the fact that we are allowed 2 in our District and we only have one at this point in time. It is hoped that this will be corrected when elections are held next month. We have 45 groups/meetings in Greensboro and in an effort to reach each one the LCMs are necessary to accomplish this. Old Business: Grapevine Chairperson. GSRs home group opinion regarding suggested Buzz Session topic being 3 rd Legacy. New Business: Open Position: Grapevine Meeting adjourned: 7:35